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Quote from stakalka

What do you mean?

Quote from UnknownOne23

And what happened when we did complain? Nothing! End of story.

Quote from King Korihor

There is a difference between what is charitably called "bitching" or just complaining because you hate something and some objective criticism that gets into specifics about why you don't like how it works. Even better is something more like constructive criticism where not only do you point out specific details, but how it could be improved in a realistic fashion.

Pointing out bugs that simply shouldn't be there (especially game crashing situations which make the game simply unplayable) or very odd behavior that impacts previous game play in a negative manner is certainly worth mentioning.

Far too often what I see is just complaints about the game because it is a change, or that unrealistic expectations are being made by certain players critical of Mojang. Often it is complaints (like those critical of the SP/MP merger) who are just plain ignorant of what is going on. None of those kind of complaints are helpful to improving the game at all.

Quote from Lumireaver

Yeah, that's pretty much what he said.

See what our collective complaining has accomplished? Unprogress. If we never get a new biome again it'll be because of the community. Worth noting selectable terrain generators would please both ends of the argument.

Quote from UnknownOne23

I love how your life is arguing about the terrain.
Youre so obsessed about how bad it is. Why not look at the good features?
Its like raging about how your computer is crappy all day long. In the end you dont get anything out of it. Its just tiring and immature.
If you hate it so much grab a bunch of devs and create a mod for all your 2000 supporters. Obviously Mojang isn't going to do anything about it so it is pointless and immature to rant about how bad it is for your whole life.

Quote from rem0te

I heard that as "When we change the terrain we get lots of negative feedback, so we want to avoid doing it"

Quote from try2bcool69

Next thing you know, you people will want rotary phones and 8-track tapes.

Again, if there are mods that do what you want, then there is no reason to change it in vanilla, and the more you guys complain about it, the less likely it is that jeb will change anything at all. He's already proven to be quite stubborn, and the tactics some of these people use to persuade him, just **** him off.

Nice complaint thread you've got there, btw, I don't understand how it has been alive that long without being locked, there is nothing but whining and grumbling on it. Not one constructive thought on there, just hate and butthurt.

Quote from chessandgo

if this really is xbox , they should keep the 1.7.3 terrain as an experamint , see how people like it , but if Notch is secretly sneaking into mojangs offices late at night to work on minecraft .... awwww yeaaaa. but other than that , people keep saying the terrain is becoming more realistic and boring , if they are going to make it more realistic i want platos and vallys , along with (if you have ever been to the badlands south dakota) the odd terrain of the badlands. also 1.7.3 had there magical do hicky , differnt terrain generater that made, cold can not be by hot. i still think Notch should secretly work on minecraft tho

Quote from try2bcool69

I think that anyone that complains about the current terrain is just being a whiny douche. I've been playing for a year and a half, and I love every single time they change terrain generation, because it keeps the game fresh and interesting. I don't understand people who want the game to stagnate and never advance or add features.

I'm of the opinion that if you want to play the old generation, there are plenty of mods and utilities out there that will let you do that, so people need to STFU and stop giving Jeb grief about trying new things.

Quote from King Korihor

Jeb was complaining that every time he hits the terrain generators that it is the one thing he is guaranteed to catch a whole bunch of flak from the player community. I suppose he is right about that too, although I'd like to see decent beaches again. Mainly Jeb was saying that tweaking terrain generators was very nearly the last thing he cares to get into now... and suggesting that if one of the other developers want to be brave they can take over that aspect of the game.

The problem is that each time he touches the terrain generator, it also impacts the seeds... and there definitely is a part of the player community that loves their seeds and sharing them... or getting pissed when their seed no longer generates the awesome features they thought they had.